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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Morris, MN

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Morris, Minnesota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 88 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 2 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
88

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
2

no recorded deaths

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Morris

By decade

  • 2020s14
  • 2010s20
  • 2000s19
  • 1990s10(1 EF3+)
  • 1980s6
  • 1970s9
  • 1960s4(1 EF3+)
  • 1950s6
Strongest tornadoes near Morris, Minnesota
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
May 17, 1996F319 mi18 mi0 / 0
Jun 18, 1964F321 mi6.2 mi0 / 13
May 30, 2022EF221 mi6.84 mi0 / 0
Aug 14, 2020EF224 mi13.4 mi0 / 0
Jun 11, 2001F223 mi8 mi0 / 7
Jun 16, 1992F220 mi1.5 mi0 / 0
Apr 26, 1984F213 mi12.5 mi0 / 0
Jul 7, 1959F222 mi13 mi0 / 0
Aug 15, 1954F223 mi7.9 mi0 / 0
May 10, 1953F28 mi17 mi0 / 0
May 30, 2022EF121 mi2.4 mi0 / 0
May 30, 2022EF115 mi3.16 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 88, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Morris while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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